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Tom Potter
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Initially Posted - 03/02/2005 : 17:41:53

I'm getting ready for the upcoming B.E.E.R cruise and need a strap to tie my WK down to the trailer. I found plenty of the 2" ratchet straps on E-Bay but I don't know how long of one to get. I'm thinking the 25'-27' would cover it. I would go out and measure but the boats in the water where its stays 99% of the time. I'm hoping someone might know how long of a strap I might need. My plan was to run the strap from the trailer over the cockpit area to the other side of the trailer.

1997 250 TR WK (sold)
1984 O'Day 28 (sold)
1979 SISU 22
Bath, NC.

Edited by - Tom Potter on 03/02/2005 18:11:29

atgep
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Response Posted - 03/02/2005 : 18:23:58

I use a 2" strap from home depot. It was about $20 and is plenty long enough to secure the rear end of my 25. I plan on attending the BEER as well.

Tom.

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kbq
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Response Posted - 03/02/2005 : 19:08:47

I use old dock line tied to the trailer, and run around the winches. Simple!

Kevin
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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/02/2005 : 19:13:18

I can measure if your still in doubt...

I went over the cockpit several years with the strap but the last two times have taken it over the cabin for simpler access because we very often use the boat as the road camper.

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Arlyn Stewart
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Response Posted - 03/02/2005 : 19:21:28

Kevin, simple is good. The nylon straps will loosen and it's imperative to check them after only a few miles down the road. They also require a couple of twist to keep from catching the wind.

I also had one loosen up enough to come unhooked late in a days travel which caused a few gel coat dings where the wind slapped the strap aft... they were fixed but it took a few hours of good effort.

Now, I always tie safety lines on the hooks. Only takes a moment and makes me feel much better...

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sterngucker
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Response Posted - 03/02/2005 : 23:33:09

What is the B.E.E.R. ????

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kbq
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Response Posted - 03/03/2005 : 13:53:09

Barley Empowered Electrifying Racer?

8)

Kevin
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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 03/03/2005 : 16:32:39

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Ray Seitz
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Response Posted - 03/04/2005 : 07:06:57

I use 4 - 1-1/2" yellow come-along straps all rated for around 6000 lbs, as I recall. I hook the 2 in the rear to the cleats then to the holes in the trailer tabs designed for that purpose. the other two attach to the trailer in front of the forward axle then up to the double lifeline stancion. Like Arlyn I didn't want to go across the back because of access to the cabin is already made painful enough by the mast and rigging. The twists in the straps is also a good practice.

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fredflemming
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Response Posted - 03/04/2005 : 16:44:55

You might want to be careful about securing your hold-down lines to the aft cleats. I used to do that until I noticed gel coat cracking around those (and only those) cleats. The only cause I could think of was the shock loads when the trailer bounces over a pothole. The definition of a road in Pennsylvania is "a series of potholes connected by asphalt". Therefore now I take a mooring line completely across the cockpit. I have one short adjustable strap with hooks on both ends that connects to the built-in trailer tab. I hook the other end to a bowline loop in the mooring line.

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Frank Hopper
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Response Posted - 03/04/2005 : 20:20:34

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by fredflemming
 The definition of a road in Pennsylvania is "a series of potholes connected by asphalt". Therefore now I take a mooring line completely across the cockpit. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
The first time I drove the Skyukyl (sp) I thought I was in a mine field!
I use web straps and throw them completely over the boat and make off from trailer frame to trailer frame.

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Keith D.
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Response Posted - 03/06/2005 : 13:48:56

Tom since I am tying down a 4000 lb. boat I felt I needed something up to the task. I have seen too many small powerboats come off of the trailer with those small home depot tie downs. I have also had several of them fail holding down a 300-lb. motorcycle. What I went with is the 4-inch trucker straps. These are an industry standard and you know it will hold any load. Truckers have used them for years and for billions of miles. I went with the 4 inch because it is easier on the jell coat even they are way over ratted, I think something like 10,000 lbs. To go with them I picked up the ratchets that you also see on the big trucks. At a trucking supply house they only cost me $21.00 each. They are permanently attached to the trailer with grade 5 bolts. You can get the straps in almost any length you need. For the WB I needed 25-foot straps, for the WK I would think you will need at least another 10 feet. I still need to retighten them down after several miles but after that I know that the boat is going to stay on the trailer no matter what.

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Capt. Kurt
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Response Posted - 03/06/2005 : 20:19:11

Keith,
That is a sweet setup, thanks for the idea.
Kurt #818 C250WK 'Tortuga'

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